Ski area to be discussed by TWRA
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is holding a meeting to discuss changing the no-skiing zone on the Great Falls Reservoir from its current location at the Highway 70 bridge to the Tosh Reno Bridge. The meeting will be held June 20 at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Lions Club.
Wildlife resource officer Joey Wray said this is the result of popular demand from boaters.
“This is just from the requests of boaters down on the Great Falls,” Wray said. “For years they’ve wanted to extend that skiing zone from that Highway 70 bridge on up, because there’s a couple of straight stretches past that bridge that would be good for skiing.
“And based on those people’s requests, we decided to try to push that through, and of course, the first step in that process is to have a public meeting just so people can voice their concerns either for or against that.”
Wray said the original landmark denoting the start of the no-skiing zone had been somewhat arbitrary.
“Basically the reason it was set up like that in the beginning at that bridge was because you’ve got to have a landmark, a place people could recognize to establish where the no-skiing zone begins, and that’s where it was established in the past,” said Wray.
Anyone interested in expressing their views on this proposal should plan to attend the public meeting.
For more information, contact Joey Wray at 686-8972, or Roy Cannon at 815-2600.